Loring goes



(No Model.)

, L. GOES.

WRENCH.

No. 524.574. Patented Aug. 14, 1894.

UW O QW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LORING GOES, GF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE GOES WRENCH COMPANY, OF SAME PLAGE.

WRENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,574, dated August 14, 1894.

Application filed February 19, 1894. Serial No. 500,608. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORING GOES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, 1n the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wrenches, of which the following, together with the accompanying drawings, 1s a specification, sufciently full, clear, and exact" to enable persons skilled in the art to which this invention appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my present improvement is to so construct a wrench ot' the class shown that 1t can be manufactured with economy and practical facility; and to aord a strong, durable and comparatively inexpensive wrench more especially adapted for the use of bicyclists and for similar uses, where a small but efficient adjustable tool is desired; and my invention consists in the specific construction and arrangement of the handle with the barshank and jaw-operating devices, the particular features of improvement being hereinafter definitely specified.

In the drawings, Figure lis a side View. Fig. 2 is a back view with the handle in section; Fig. 3 a side view of the bar separately; Fig. 4 a longitudinal section of the handle separately; Fig. 5 an end view; Fig. 6 a section at line w w; Fig. 7 a section at line m Eig. 8 a section of the handle at line y y.

Referring to parts,Adenotes the bar; A its xed jaw or head; B the sliding jaw; C the rosette and screw, and D the handle. The head A', sliding jaw B and rosette screw C are the same in construction and arrangement as heretofore employed in the well known Goes wrench.

The bar-shank a is formed with a slight reduction or taper at its sides e e, but with parallel front and rear edges f f extending the full length of the shank, which edges f are rounded or formed as segments of a common cylindrical surface, so that the shank can be dressed off to an accurate size for fitting into the handle, at a single operation, by running a hollow milling toolthereonto, from the end 'a2 to the shoulder h.

The handle D is a single piece of metal including the ferrule or top end with the rosette supporting step D', the body portion D2 and the end tip D3 all integral, and forming a hollow cylindrical casting preferably straight on the exterior and having internally a hol-` low D4 at its centrali part and bearing portions cZ and d at its respective ends, with openings I and J of the form shown to receive the bar-shank A'. The opening J in the lower end is of transversely oblong shape straight at the sides and rounded at front and back (see Fig. 7) to it the edges f and sides e of the shank which is inserted through the hollow of the handle and its end c2 externally riveted into the opening J, thereby confining the integral metal step D and handleD upon the bar-shank between the shoulder h and the riveted end a2, in a manner to form an absolutely rigid and practically solid attachment. After the end a? is riveted the end of the handle and shank is dressed oif to form a smooth, iat or slightly rounded end face I-l which can, when desired serve as a hammer face for striking or driving articles, with the wrench body held endwise in the hand.

Theexterior of the handle is smoothed or polished and a `portion thereof is checkroughened or knnrled, as at K, by revolving the end of the handle between a series of knurling rollers, thus rendering the metal handle convenient for handling.

Y The wrench can, when desired, be nickelplated as a whole before or after completion. By constructing and tting together the barshank and the handle as shown, the practical operations of manufacture are greatly facilitated and economy in structure attained; while a highly efficient and durable wrench for the purposes intended is produced.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, ist `The metal handle having the cylindrical body with the ferrnle or rosette-step integral therewith, said handle formed as a thin casting internally hollow at its central part and provided at its respective ends with internal bearing portions having openings therethrough of transversely oblong shape, straight at the sides and rounded at front and back, in combination with the bar-shank bar-shank transversely dressed 0E to form a formed with tapering sides and rounded parstriker-face, as shown and described. to

allel front and back edges extending its en- Witness my hand this 16th day of Februtire length and fitting the bearing portions of ary, A. D. 1894.. 5 the handle at its upper and lower ends, said LORING GOES. handle being rigidly confined upon the bar- Witnesses:

shank between the shoulder h and riveted CHAS. H. BRLEIGH, shank-end a2, and the end of the handle and JOHN H. GOES. 

